Two robbers have been jailed in Italy after being identified from a mobile phone text picture. The pair are thought to be the world's first criminals to be convicted using the new technology. They were snapped by a shopkeeper who thought they looked suspicious.
He texted the police and sent the pic, too. The police checked their files and saw the pair were wanted for robberies, so they arrested them. They both went to jail for six months.
Rome police told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We believe this to be the first time in the world a picture text message has been used to help catch criminals and secure conviction."
SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sc...00/2765969.stm
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